Tomic Sr is sentenced to 8 months in prison!! However he won't actually go to prison but should/will be banned from all future ATP tournaments. After reading about the guy's injuries, I wonder how hard Tomic Sr can head-butt someone.

The Special Juan wrote:Tomic Sr is sentenced to 8 months in prison!! However he won't actually go to prison but should/will be banned from all future ATP tournaments. After reading about the guy's injuries, I wonder how hard Tomic Sr can head-butt someone.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-23986389

That is funny Juan, Tomic Sr. is officially a member of team kick ass, he reminds me of a character in one of the true epics of cinema a little picture called "Dazed and Confused", one of the small characters had a great line that applies, "I am at this party to drink beer and kick ass, and I am all outta beer."

Not very random at all in regards to tennis but Gulbis & Simon won titles in st.petersburg and Metz with ernie beating GG lopez, with a run of 11 straight games to somehow comeback from 6-4 4-1 down and win in 3 sets and Tsonga lost out in straight sets.

Novislas, or Stanovak, are through to the semis... Nole only has one Doubles title. Given that Roger has an Olympic gold, Rafa has three Masters titles and a Grand Slam semi final, and that Murray has a OG mixed doubles medal, Nole has to do some catching up regarding his doubles rep.

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The Special Juan wrote:In absolutely no news whatsoever, Mischa Zverev is currently playing Alex Zverev in Houston. I can't think of too many brothers who have played each other at ATP level, at least not recently.

The Special Juan wrote:In absolutely no news whatsoever, Mischa Zverev is currently playing Alex Zverev in Houston. I can't think of too many brothers who have played each other at ATP level, at least not recently.

Stunned that patrick mcenroe took a set off of older brother John, not surprised he lost all three matches. Pat did play one of the classic matches over 5 sets with Connors. But bigger brother was a better player and broadcaster.

The Special Juan wrote:In absolutely no news whatsoever, Mischa Zverev is currently playing Alex Zverev in Houston. I can't think of too many brothers who have played each other at ATP level, at least not recently.

Interesting to see Kyle Edmund has qualified for a clay Challenger and then obliterated Bedene and Guez - both ranked well over 100 places above him. He faces Bolelli in the QF today which, especially in Italy, will probably be a step too far. He has also announced Rusedski as his new coach. Aim presumably is to be top 200 at least by the end of this year.

Tommy Haas has been ruled out for the rest of the season after undergoing shoulder surgery. Will we see him back? I think we will, although he'll be 37(?) by then. You have to admire the man's commitment.

Yes, its going to be the Thiem's, Zverev's, Kyrgios's, Coric's we'll be looking out for. I do think Dimitrov will be the full article though to be fair.Interestingly Coric is 17 too...and ranked slightly higher than Zverev.He's 5 months older and 6'1 (Zverev is 6'4)...so will be interesting to see if he can make waves in the main ATP draws that Zverev seems capable of.Oddly, Youhzny won the Halle doubles tournament in 2008 with Zverev's older brother...

I think Jack Sock may be another youngster about to make a big push but at 21, near 22, I don't think he'll be a potential future star.

But what a contrast from 2 years ago when there wasn't anyone under 19 in the top 400. Now there's 10. If you include 19yo's it goes up to 20 inc. Kyle Edmund Perhaps shows it was a lack of talent issue rather than physicality...and that we have a good future in tennis.

Having seen Sock a couple of times he seems quite streaky. When everything clicks he's nigh unplayable and has one of the best forehands in the game. In the doubles final v the Bryans he hit a couple that made Del Potro's look tame.

As for A. Zverev, he's taken down Giraldo in straight sets today and will face Kamke in the quarters. I didn't realise Hamburg was on clay - the surface seems to suit him.

As for A. Zverev, he's taken down Giraldo in straight sets today and will face Kamke in the quarters. I didn't realise Hamburg was on clay - the surface seems to suit him.

Sascha was runner-up in the French juniors last year (remember him beating Kyle Edmund on his way to the final). I saw him a couple of weeks later practising on the grass at Stoke Park - it took me a while to twig who he was, having only seen pics of him before, but he was hitting with Mischa, so it finally dawned. Then he had a hit with Djokovic, at which point the press came sniffing around wanting to know who he was. (I wonder if they remember that now!)

He didn't get that far at Wimbledon juniors, but I think he retired injured so I don't know how well he'd really got on with going from clay to grass. When he finished the year as the Junior no. 1 he didn't have a junior slam win, so I was very pleased he won the Australian junior title, he didn't need clay to shine.

He's certainly been making good use of his plentiful wild card opportunities - but this week's performance is something else!

Er.... Not the young man's day today but still, an excellent performance this week. Ferrer wins for the loss of 1 game. The most important thing Zverev can do now? Look at the week as a positive and build on it rather than let today's result set him back. He's had first hand experience of playing a top 5 player today and I hope he's learned some things. Obviously he and Ferrer are so different that there's not much in the way of game plan he can pick up but more about how Ferrer attacked his weaknesses.

As for A. Zverev, he's taken down Giraldo in straight sets today and will face Kamke in the quarters. I didn't realise Hamburg was on clay - the surface seems to suit him.

Sascha was runner-up in the French juniors last year (remember him beating Kyle Edmund on his way to the final). I saw him a couple of weeks later practising on the grass at Stoke Park - it took me a while to twig who he was, having only seen pics of him before, but he was hitting with Mischa, so it finally dawned. Then he had a hit with Djokovic, at which point the press came sniffing around wanting to know who he was. (I wonder if they remember that now!)

He didn't get that far at Wimbledon juniors, but I think he retired injured so I don't know how well he'd really got on with going from clay to grass. When he finished the year as the Junior no. 1 he didn't have a junior slam win, so I was very pleased he won the Australian junior title, he didn't need clay to shine.

He's certainly been making good use of his plentiful wild card opportunities - but this week's performance is something else!

So he looks like a fairly decent all surface player? Good to know, cheers I remember last year's FO performance, mainly because John Inverdale was almost proclaiming his love for the young man.